Smash Ultimate - Complete Terminology Guide

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Welcome to my extensive 27 minute terminology guide. Here I cover everything from jabs to JV4s. Timestamps for each term are listed below.
Section 1 - Attacks and Defense:
Moveset: 1:25
Jab: 1:41
Tilt: 1:47
Smash Attack: 1:58
Special Attack: 2:12
Aerial Attack: 2:32
Z-air: 2:50
Tether grab: 3:01
Tether recovery: 3:08
Shield: 3:18
Grab: 3:30
Shield Poke: 3:43
Shield Break: 3:56
Command Grab: 4:08
Pummel: 4:23
Roll: 4:30
Spotdodge: 4:49
Air Dodge: 5:02
Section 2 - Movement:
Idling: 5:30
Walk: 5:34
Dash: 5:41
Short Hop: 5:47
Full Hop: 5:52
Fast Fall: 5:58
Fall Speed: 6:10
Air Mobility: 6:20
Crouch: 6:28
Crawl: 6:36
Section 3 - Gameplay Mechanics
Percent: 6:47
Knockback: 7:01
K.O.: 7:16
Stock: 7:23
Recovery: 7:32
Parry: 7:39
B-Reverse: 7:53
Out of Shield Option: 8:04
Jumpsquat: 8:24
Wall Jump: 8:34
DI: 8:48
Smash DI: 9:13
Tech: 9:40
Hitstun: 9:53
Tumble: 10:12
Footstool: 10:23
Trade: 10:28
Foxtrot: 10:32
Standing Grab: 10:47
Dash Grab: 10:55
Pivot Grab: 11:04
Gentleman: 11:12
Rapid Jab: 11:16
Rage: 11:21
Base Knockback & Knockback Growth: 11:29
Hitbox: 12:05
Hurtbox: 12:25
Windbox: 12:47
Startup: 12:53
Cooldown: 13:02
Lag: 13:12
Frame: 13:24
Buried: 13:36
Multi-Hit: 13:38
Super Armor: 13:41
Heavy Armor: 13:49
Free Fall: 14:02
Mash: 14:14
Sweet Spot: 14:25
Sour Spot: 14:32
Disjoint: 14:39
Projectile: 14:49
Z-Catch: 15:19
Z-Drop: 15:29
Spike: 15:38
Buffer: 15:58
Staling: 16:27
Section 4 - Stage-Related Terms:
Ledge: 16:38
Ledge Trump: 16:55
Ledge Getup: 17:07
Blast Zone: 17:31
Section 5 - Situational Terms:
Neutral Game: 17:50
Stage Control: 17:57
Advantage/Disadvantage State: 18:13
Juggle: 18:25
Bait: 18:40
Punish: 18:46
Spacing: 18:59
Zoning: 19:30
Camping: 19:43
Spam: 19:59
Poke: 20:08
Edgeguard: 20:13
Techchase: 20:28
Gimp: 20:32
Read: 20:42
Mixup: 21:04
Tomahawk: 21:16
Crossup: 21:30
Combo: 21:38
String: 21:52
Follow-Up: 22:05
Kill Confirm: 22:09
Frame Trap: 22:17
SD: 22:22
Sharking: 22:25
Section 6 - Tournament Slang:
Labbing: 22:35
Stage Striking: 22:41
Gentleman's Agreement: 22:59
Starter Stage: 23:17
Counterpick: 23:26
Ban/Strike: 23:36
DSR: 23:53
Matchup: 24:26
Matchup Ratio: 24:44
Salt: 25:10
Johns: 25:22
Misinput: 25:43
JV: 25:48
3-Stock: 26:03
Lame: 26:11
Free: 26:21
Stacked: 26:27
VODs: 26:33
Banana Boy: 26:39
Not gonna do a video this big again in a looooong time LOL. This took me a lifetime and a half! Still, I had lots of fun making it and finally have a near half-hour video to be proud of.
As always, all support is appreciated. Even a like goes a long way ;)
Twitter: / bananaboyssb
#SmashUltimate #SmashSwitch

[@memaynor]

You forgot Homie Stock: When the opponent does something cool that should of killed you but you somehow survive, but you decide they get that stock anyway so you SD.

[@im_Spade_]

Or just when your opponent SDs and you feel bad for em so you SD to even the match or accommodate for their SD

[@Trollfeeder1234]

Spade I’m a fan of the fuck you stock When you have a lead and sd

[@brendanswords4659]

Don't people only homie stock when people sd

[@im_Spade_]

@@brendanswords4659 yeah pretty much

[@memaynor]

Brendan Swords yeah, I forgot about that when I put my comment. Spade was right

[@Dave_Chrome]

Back in Melee if I was losing, I'd execute this true combo that works with any character. L + R + A + Start

[@shadowbubbleMC]

I see you are a man of culture as well.

[@kcwjunior1AceAttourny]

I thought the combo was Start, L + R + A + Start

[@Dave_Chrome]

@@kcwjunior1AceAttourny What can I say, my tech knowledge is a little rusty after so long.

[@beezkneez6373]

Lmao same

[@reyntime8735]

I trust a barioth in a tuxedo

[@rgbspike453]

“Don’t take percent” Lucario mains: hmmmm

[@ItsDylanHarding]

*Terry has entered the chat*

[@ShikiTochi]

*Lil mac has entered the chat*

[@josf1045]

*Joker mains have entered the chat*

[@Captain_Corn]

*Waluigi just wants to be loved*

[@leviackerman617]

There are lucario mains?

[@squilliam0909]

Whenever I hear Zair, I think “zuetral air”

[@remicou8420]

Now I will call them that

[@jackmyers7141]

Lmfao

[@im_Spade_]

Zack air

[@im_Spade_]

Zup air

[@im_Spade_]

Zown air

[@TemporaryPlan801]

I have no idea why I just watched this for 27 minutes but good job BananaBoy

[@foxtrott5648]

it was the daisy in the thumbnail

[@rubenrg]

Lmao me 2, I actually knew all of this stuff :p

[@joshbuilds]

Same here I knew like 98% of the vid but still watched full thing

[@Minifig3D]

Yeah, I think it was edited to have a really good flow to it without giving me a hard out where I wanted to click away. Just kept the info coming and the minutes ticking by. ;D Only thing I didn't really like were the "i won't go into why it's called that" moments, but that's just my personal preference in enjoying the history of the smash community. :)

[@Marinealver]

Because you want to know what a Wombo Combo is.

[@Not_Aaron_]

When you know all of them but your just bored, but you should also do your homework

[@solarwolf1336]

Aaron Loosen - All my work is homework because I'm online schooled, but I like to get in some smash homework too

[@SrAndroide]

That's me

[@C21232]

All I know is pain and all I feel is sadness.

[@jesuscanplayguitar1214]

What about BODIED

[@user-uy4wo7jz5w]

Aaron Loosen you’re*

[@TheSast]

Actually meteor is the official nintendo definition of SPIKES

[@KahunaLagoona]

Hell it's even mentioned in the Challenges section.

[@Nyahahameha]

And in the tips for a number of characters.

[@numberjuaanctr420]

I’m so glad you said it so I don’t have to

[@lepyrolink182]

@@KahunaLagoona and in the records too.

[@BattousaiHBr]

is it really? spike is anything that propels the target downwards, while meteor is an attack where _your_ characters falls in a straight line unstopped. or am i wrong?

[@firey_blast]

‘Meteor (Smash)’ is the correct term for a downward-launching attack in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Meteors in Ultimate work the same way as a spike in Melee, but the game itself refers to them as ‘Meteor Smashes’ or ‘Moves with a Meteor effect’. All Meteor moves work properly in Ultimate so the term ‘Spike’ is unnecessary albeit accepted. It is not an incorrect term.

[@morphstarchangeling8024]

Exactly what I was going to say.

[@skiboutins]

yeah, I don’t even play melee and I was gonna correct him

[@alexmay7250]

spike is what should be used though because it is what a spike is in melee and it makes communication between the communities easier. even if it is referred to as meteor in game spike is the more widely accepted term

[@Dave_Chrome]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't a spike just a move that causes airborne opponents to be strongly launched downwards, and a meteor is like a spike, but even stronger and _straight down?_

[@thesomebodywhoo]

@@Dave_Chrome Pretty much but their strength doesn't matter and spikes, unlike meteors could be canceled in melee and brawl. Since meteor canceling is no longer a thing in newer smash games it doesn't really matter which term you use. Although the game itself refers to them as meteor smashes.

[@themustardthe]

Another meaning for tech is technique. If you ever hear someone say that they found a new tech, that’s what they mean.

[@hupppp]

"Hands of my cock" Falco tech is the best tech in Smash Ultimate.

[@bigmane-money5216]

Disgust Of-Riley ewww chickens with hands

[@shotgun64x]

Me (noob): How do I play smash like a boss? Mew2King: ok so you shffl turn around rar back air out of a full hop lunar landing which saves two frames of hot chocolate and then you run sdcaffine 20xx mod on real life’s 20009483rd frame while down airing the base knockback of the disadvantage state which will successfully save you 1 frame of jumpsquat start up which has... Me: O_O

[@isaacn4487]

after doing a ledge drop fair to waveland under left platform, tech chase thwm into a down throw bair, then read the di and forward b, either normal or b reverse.

[@decidueyefan3844]

Meanwhile I’m still trying to figure out how to float right above the ground as peach quickly

[@maybehuman8576]

19.99 dollar bill this will put the opponent into disadvantage state, in which case you want to read the roll get up so you will want to falling up air into up smash, usuming you are joker

[@Edgeperor]

Frosty Swish and if you aren’t Joker, why the hell are you playing the game

[@matt4280]

@@decidueyefan3844 crouch and hold jump

[@Morgan-jy7qo]

7:43 Small correction, parries occur whenever you release your shield within 5 frames BEFORE an attack hits it

[@Morgan-jy7qo]

@IsaiahJH No, it's before.

[@pixelia2535]

@IsaiahJH its before

[@scottyyay]

@IsaiahJH idk if you knew this but its before

[@polybent9748]

Ban its near impossible to know when to parry, for me at least, but I'm practicing

[@Rhaemos]

@IsaiahJH Parries are already hard to consistently pull off with a 5 frame window, can you imagine how hard it would be if there was NO wiggle room?

[@sebbro9432]

6:56 Don't take percent *Unless you're Lucario*

[@noirlucario4962]

*Is Lucario* 😎

[@pavlox8099]

*Or Joker*

[@FiveFoxesInATrenchcoat]

Seb Bro *simultaneously cackles in Lucario main and cries in incompetence*

[@scrubstatus123]

Or Terry

[@darrest9808]

Or cloud

[@Dununerp]

I remember playing in game against 3 others, and there was a Luigi. The Luigi won, but the way he did was hilarious. Luigi and someone else were the last ones standing, they stopped at separate sides of the map. Luigi crouched, and fuckin shimmied his way over to the other dude, and up B’ed him. Fuckin highlight of my month.

[@friendlypootis9987]

Combos and actual actual good moves: **Exists** Me, a casual: Who needs that when you can just spam *F A L C O N P U N C H !*

[@1TheVelociraptor]

Falcon punch into falcon punch is a TRUE COMBO

[@purp4168]

Oui

[@Melecie]

*S T O N E*

[@danielsmerdel8214]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4m5n3yhpLqHlcU

[@virtuallylightblue]

or pk fire/freeze

[@LuDogg805]

Nice! I was pretty sure you were going to miss a lot... but I should have known looking at the length. A few you missed... - priority - (jab) reset - stage spike - jank - DBZ - pop-off - homie(gentleman's) stock - bodied - scrub - Sopo - sleep/slept Alternative terms... Foxtrot = Dash Dance Super Armor = Trample Misinput = Input Error Cool Down = End Lag Spike = Dunk Terms I didn't know... - sharking - DSR Character Slang D3 = King Dedede Bayo = Bayonetta Jiggs = Jigglypuff Piks = Pikachu Falcon = Captain Falcon Palu = Palutena Zard = Charizard Corn = Corrin Iccies = Ice Climbers Good stuff man! A BIG FAT 'like' for you!!!

[@roshotsutsujimorienjoyer]

MexicanRaccoon805 corn

[@RaFaReAcH]

Also IC's/ICs

[@ranya5456]

Actually, a trample is something different. Some moves straight up beat out other moves, and is mostly related to the hit box rather than the hurt box. Moves like Bowser's down special and Jigglypuff's dash attack can trample and beat out some moves.

[@MrZeres]

Whats Jank and DBZ again?

[@ranya5456]

@@MrZeres Jank is either bull shit or a really weird and useless tech and DBZ is when two people hit each other at the same time and are sent flying

[@armansheibani7182]

Actually, tomohawk is the action of empty hopping into a fastfall, it has nothing to do with a grab, thats a common misconception. Technically it would be called a 'tomohawk grab'. The importance of tomohawk is that it often baits your opponent to shield, and grab just happens to often be the best option due to it countering shield. For example, tomohawking is still a term even in platfighters that dont have grabs such as Rivals of Aether, even though it is significantly less useful in that game. Great video though, Im sure this will help a lot of newcomers.

[@Bestovius]

holy shit i was watching this video for nearly 30 minutes thinking "wow this channel is great i'm sure he has at least 100k subs." So i got to sub as well and notice that you are *criminally* underrated Banana Boy. I hope you become famous soon man.

[@justingraton17]

I'll be watching this whenever I need a refresh. Thanks BB.

[@geckonerd3734]

^

[@bonnieshenton9426]

*cursed profile pics anonymous*

[@bustertimothy2176]

A gimp is when you knock someone away while trying to recover so that they have no recovery options. This is usually by hitting them with an attack after they recover but it also includes things like mario's fludd. A cross up generally refers to jumping over your opponent with a short hop and hitting them with an arial. You pretty much said this but the wording was off. Also, parries happen within 5 (iirc) frames before an attack, not at the same time. A metor smash is pretty much anything that hits straight down with the distinct sound que. Its basically just another name for spike. Although sometimes people use it to mean an attack that sends you bouncing off the floor and ceiling like on luigi's mansion.

[@sirfailalotful]

I didn't think he went over gimping.

[@bustertimothy2176]

@@sirfailalotful its at 20:33. His definition is wrong.

[@wanderlustwarrior]

What does "buttons" mean in a FGC context?

[@minionade6004]

@@wanderlustwarrior Characters with quick, spammable moves. Characters like Inkling, Fox, Mario, etc

[@wanderlustwarrior]

@@minionade6004 and the same definition is true in other fighting games?

[@casualcrusader1547]

you forgot a DBZ: when two characters trade and take eachothers stock at the exact same time

[@rakiyt3876]

When i watched this video i thought you had like 10k subs cuz of the quality. Omg. Super awesome video. Subscribed

[@MathMadeEasy789]

RakiYT saaaaame

[@zacke.1286]

Well now he has 1.1k He's on his way

[@zostus6351]

I have a question what is it called when your move gets you killed like Luigi's Miss Fire off the stage without any jumps

[@rakiyt3876]

Ofc its a compliment

[@csnoot]

was that a compliment or insult tf

[@TanookiToadTeam]

I didn't think I was going to learn anything from this video but I was wrong. I didn't know about the base knockback and knockback growth thing. Very interesting. I'm not a Ness player but if I ever do play Ness I'll have a better idea of what to do. The quality and hard work really shows with this one. Nice job, BananaBoy! :)

[@kirbthelegend1617]

TanookiToadTeam your a ness player huh heres a tip for you side b side b side b side b side b side b side b side b back throw thank me later

[@kirbthelegend1617]

GeneralAlgae if you play ness it’s optimal

[@TanookiToadTeam]

@@kirbthelegend1617 Well I did have Lucas as my third main in Brawl but that's about it. I don't really play as Ness or Lucas anymore except when I'm not playing as seriously.

[@kirbthelegend1617]

TanookiToadTeam oh ok who do you main in ultimate I main rob

[@TanookiToadTeam]

@@kirbthelegend1617 Nice! Well currently Pokemon Trainer is my first main and Inkling as my second. I'm not sure who my third would be. I really want it to be Piranha Plant. Super stoked to play as a Piranha Plant. XD

[@mariooddtosee2748]

Such a high quality video and very well edited. Keep up the fantastic work man.

[@trushoryu628]

I already knew all the terms in this video, but it was so well put together that I couldn't stop watching. Great job!!

[@juanlayrisse9895]

I just found your channel. Love it when really small channels have Quality videos like this! Keep it up!

[@TheGreatCreator101]

15:43 Ultimate does call "spikes" meteor smashes though. If you look at the support spirit Ezlo, you'll see it's attribute is "Toss & Meteor", and the description says it powers up grabs and downward smashes. Though I guess it makes sense to separate the two terms if both are used for different things by the community. I'm still new to the game, so thank you so much for making this video. I'll have an easier time getting into the game now.

[@ScileSc]

But down smashes don´t have downward knockback. Its usually down or forward airs.

[@Felixr2]

That, and there literally are challenges that require you to defeat a CPU with a meteor smash. And they require you to defeat them with what this video calls a spike.

[@LloydTheZephyrian]

To be fair, meteors and spikes have a difference in Melee. There was meteor cancelling on some downward-launching moves, but moves that could not be meteor cancelled were called spikes. I guess it was just an old habit from the Melee players that went on to Sm4sh and SmashU.

[@TheFoxPlush]

Thanks for this video. Most of us newbies are sometimes a bit afraid to ask for explanations for certain terms, thinking it would seem stupid. Glad you took the time to explain! :)

[@truegamer4658]

You did a phenomenal job with your explanations, as someone who has experience since the very first smash brothers, great job dude, awesome work

[@joeffreyobrien924]

A JV4, for example, is a 3 stock which sorta deserves to be a 4 stock because the winner didn't have any percent when they won. It's called a JV because the idea was popularised by the pro player JV

[@mpratt69]

What did he mean about JV5 then?

[@IXland.]

Jv5 is winning by 4 stocks and taking 0 dmg

[@zerdodylan]

forgot rar reeeee run spin jump backair great video man keep it up

[@ishyguy6455]

Super helpful video, didn’t know a lot of these but always heard them used. Thank you for putting your time into this!

[@TheScarlettQueen]

Thank you. I knew a lot of these terms but some of them I was completely clueless on. I’ve been meaning to figure it out and seen this in my recommendations. It helped a lot.

[@swiftdasher]

I don't usually bother, but for this well thought out, well presented, and ultimately important SMASH content, I went ahead and SMAAAAAASHED that like button!

[@swiftdasher]

I'm sorry for that.

[@tomasclutterbuck2038]

I was a casual vet player starting from smash 64, Melee and Brawl. The Wii U’s unfortunate library of games didn’t make me return to Nintendo but the Switch won me over. Looking forward to getting back into Smash only this time actually getting into the deeper end of this. This channel has awesome quality, instant subscribe. Thanks for the content and keep it up!

[@duncansiror5033]

Yeah, the Switch is my first console in 12 years! I really want to get better at Ultimate but I know that your reflexes worsen as you age. I'm 25 right now.

[@SheenCorp]

This channel is insanely underrated and deserve so much more attention. Keep it up Banana Boy.

[@rebelheart4456]

Watching this is a throwback. I love your videos, thank you so much for making them. You defined my love for smash, it's community and even fighting games as well, since your tournament video led me to look for local 2d fighting game tournaments in my area and getting involved with the fighting game community. Thank you so much

[@stolenii8803]

Thank you so much for this. It was extremely confusing to me what a bunch of these actually meant, but you explained them clear and concisely. I even took some notes. Again. Thank you.

[@keirii6003]

Loved the video but I do have a small correction. The "spikes" in this game actually are called meteor smashes by the game itself making that the correct term. You can see this in the vault's challenges.

[@octaviuspenney4410]

Thank you! I'm trying to get more into smash, so I looked up a guide for the character im trying to main and I had no idea what anything meant. I'm going to give it a rewatch and see how much I know now!

[@Ihasnotomato]

this is one of those videos I really appreciate, as I feel like so many of these terms are either you know them or you don't, and there is a frustrating area of miscommunication because of that, so thank you for bridging the gap with this video!

[@cyan.6399]

*Uses the term "lag" a lot* *doesn't define lag at all before doing so*

[@fineapple3435]

That’s sad

[@charKT-7461]

Good thing he defines it half way through so you will know what it means by that time, unless you're an idiot and have to rewind to every instance of him mentioning lag before that.

[@Mark-gl3bb]

For beginners like me, a mixup is when I get temporarily confused as to which character is mine.

[@Underworlder5]

i can relate, and i played since brawl

[@CBD_Shawarma]

Super helpful vid! I watch a lot of pros stream to try to get better idea of how to play but I don't understand what they're describing half the time so this video was exactly what I needed thanks! Also people are right this vid quality made me think you'd have way more subs, keep up the great work and I have no doubt you'll go way up in subs!

[@SlickDPS]

I am not a beginner of ssbu, but I watched the video to the very end and appreciated the amount of effort that you put into the video. Thank you for the tips

[@pillowpilloww]

15:44 ACKHTUALLY the correct term is meteor smash, this is what they're called ingame and they never once call it "spike", though most of the time the two terms are interchangeable, they were two different things in melee but now they're the same thing

[@connor9568]

This is about competitive terminology though, not the Nintendo terminology

[@arbitrary5226]

good vid maybe someone has mentioned it im not sure but 10:33 should note a lot of people will call the foxtrot 'dash dancing'

[@LastStar007]

Foxtrotting and dash dancing are similar but not the same. Foxtrotting is moving quickly across the stage by starting to dash but letting go of the stick before you're fully dashing. It's done to cover ground more quickly than walking while still having access to your walking options (e.g. tilts). Dash dancing is starting to dash, then starting to dash the other way, then back to the first direction, and so on, resulting in no change in position. It's used to make your movement hard to predict and mess with your opponent's spacing, as your opponent doesn't know whether you're going to move quickly towards them or quickly away.

[@engie7830]

thanks so much for this! i want to get into my local ult scene sometime but lack of knowledge was one of the things holding me back ;-; bless your soul for actually explaining the stage pick process too lol

[@dyceman03]

Thank you for all your hard work. I have saved this to refer back to as I won't remember everything and I am very much a Smash newbie!

[@CardBoardyy]

this is it chief (you need more subs btw)

[@themilkman7765]

14:36 I came for this one term (sour spot) and you have to insult me😂

[@seansean792]

I only watched this to learn what teching is. I learned some more definitions and a few tips. Thanks. You did a great job.

[@Trinsid]

YESSS I've been playing competatively for like three years now and I still find myself learning or not understanding certain terms used by pros - thank you for this!!

[@funkyfox7996]

meteor is the correct term. the reasons people use it is 1. nintendo calls it that. 2. stage spikes are a thing. a thing you didn't cover.

[@MorphRed]

Spikes are only in Melee that's why

[@Yipper64]

so just wondering for like general smash knowledge. so against most of my friends im generally decent, and with some warm up and practice with a specific character i can manage to beat lvl 9 CPUs. however every time i go online and use any character that isnt bowser i usually loose. how do i combat this?

[@haidynwendlandt2479]

Keep getting better at Bowser for now, then learn other heavy characters, then learn characters similar to those characters, etc.

[@Asfragged]

DORIYAH

[@JediJess1]

That is the best explaination for Base Knockback and Knockback Growth I've ever heard. I GET IT NOW! Many thanks for that!

[@Kami_North]

I’m honestly really surprised you only have 4.4K, you seem like someone who’d be way up there! This information is a must have for many beginning competitive players.

[@jan-seli]

I've always heard your "cool down" referred to as "end lag"

[@TheSast]

13:34 NEW TEXT

[@emanonomoi]

Clear, concise, and well explained. Good job man!

[@DuskTreader]

Thanks a ton man, this is the EXACT video I've been looking for

[@Phychologik]

B MOVE??? *B MOV E*

[@morphstarchangeling8024]

I THINK YOU MEAN SPECIAL GOOD SIR!

[@josephassiryani9174]

*Bee movie*

[@Balakin2]

Gotta correct you on your spike terminology -A meteor is any move which sends downwards (faster than connecting hits like those from falco fair). -A meteor smash is a move which sends downwards quickly, but the hitstun ends, meaning the enemy has an opportunity to recover (it also has the extra meaty sound effect). -A spike is a move which sends downwards and has very long (infinite?) hitstun, Think of chrom and ike up b. They also have the same meaty sound effect. In conclusion, most things in this game are meteors or meteor smashes, but there are some spikes (in smash 4, the only spikes were from items, no fighters had any, ultimate is different though). Hope this helps.

[@FierceFIYA]

Now I gotta correct you on that, in Melee: -A meteor smash sends you straight downward and can be meteor cancelled by jumping or using Up B 8 frames after the hitlag ends (like Captain Falcon's Dair and Marth's Dair in the PAL version) A spike sends at an angle beyond the meteor cancel threshold, thus can't be meteor cancelled (Falco's Dair, Marth's Dair in the NTSC version) -In Brawl: The meteor smash angle threshold has been widened to the point that no playable characters has a true spike. Spike is only used as an informal term. -In Smash 64, Smash 4 and Ultimate: Meteor cancelling isn't a thing, therefore every meteor smash is also a spike. The terms are interchangeable.

[@Balakin2]

@@FierceFIYA I wont argue with you on any of your points there except for smash 4 and presumably ultimate (because I don't know or care for any of the other games), because I know that spikes are specific and kill from 0, like arceus' spike, but other moves are only meteors and meteor smashes. I would direct you towards the wiki for confirmation, because unless I'm interpreting it wrong, it corroborates my points. www.ssbwiki.com/spike

[@lucakoch3432]

I really enjoyed this video, eventhough, I knew basically every term already. It was really well explainded and it reminded me of, how technical this game really is. And the Pokemon Music at the end, made it an amazing Video, love it👍

[@Adam-jo3tr]

Aww the Banana Boy at the end was v cute :) Congrats on a great video and hope to see more soon!!

[@koolkid4657]

"don't take percent" but what if I'm playing as Lucario? *thonk emoji*

[@tomosaneenjoyer8553]

wait i'm banana boi and you are banana boy that's confusing

[@TheSharkAnt]

IMPOSTER!!!!

[@Chasepres]

This was super well done. Good job Banana Boy!!

[@solarwolf1336]

You out a LOT of work into this!! Thankyou so much banana!!

[@julo_ghost]

You forgot jab locks, stage spikes, untechable, homie stocks, throws :)

[@adj789]

A perfect shield is when you block the moment someone hits, a perry is when you let go the moment someone hits while you're shielding

[@deangel9128]

They changed it so now perfect shielding is when you let go

[@ranya5456]

In Sm4sh, it was called power shielding, in Ultimate, it's now called parrying

[@luckduck5031]

Great video man you're blowing up keep making great videos

[@GerardoJMendozaManuel89]

Great informational video, dude! Very appreciated.

[@lionelbautista5072]

7:24, Im pretty sure he said "stonks"

[@edwinharbauer2260]

Where was the term “whiff”? Did I miss it?

[@atheismgaming17]

No idea. A whiff is an attack that misses. A whiff punish is when you punish when they whiff. Rolling past warlock punch and countering with something else etc.

[@edwinharbauer2260]

@@atheismgaming17 I ended up googling it. Thank you though. I find it so funny you answered me of all people, my KZbin channel is named Telestial Gaming 😆

[@atheismgaming17]

@@edwinharbauer2260 Yeah. I find religion pointless, and I like games. I named my channel as such.

[@aceelle6557]

I really appreciate this video! I've been trying to get into smash semi competitive scene cos i think it's a fun game but the Words just completely stumped me thank you so much for this ^^

[@ridge_9580]

Just wanted to say thank you for this amazing video!

[@Dackstrus]

Something you missed, in airdodging, you CAN still freefall if you just hit the shield button rather then input a direction. I use it a lot more then i do directional dodges.

[@connor9568]

Freefall is when you can’t do anything like after you up B

[@Knyex]

15:40 "calling spikes meteor smashes is incorrect" except for the fact that the game literally calls it meteor smashes Examples of this include: -Spirits such as Ashnard which have the "Toss and Meteor" skill, which increases the power of attacks that launch upwards and meteor smashes -One of the challenges requiring you to kill 3 lvl 9 CPUs with meteor smashes within 3 minutes

[@Doritochi]

Theres a difference between a spike and a meteor smash. I believe it has something to do with whether you are able to act out of it or not. Could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure theres two

[@Knyex]

@@Doritochi I just looked it up just to make sure I wasn't getting it wrong: All smash games have meteor smashes, but melee is the only one to have spikes due to a bug. So, not only is meteor smashes a correct term, when talking about Ultimate there's no such thing as spikes

[@Doritochi]

@@Knyex Ahh that's what it was. That makes sense guess I just applied that to all smash games. Thanks for clearing that up for me

[@randomname9723]

@@Knyex or just call them spikes because everyone knows what you mean

[@javathehunt790]

4:40 Been playing ultimate since release date and had no idea dodges slowed down… That is REALLY good to know. Thank you so much 🙏

[@PixelPuppy2004]

Thank you so much for this video! I honestly didn't know the difference between a special and a smash attack until I saw this lol

[@kirbthelegend1617]

I was watching this thinking 2 things 1. Damn I don’t know anything about smash and 2.this guy must have 100k subs the second isn’t true but it should be keep up the good work

[@kojosledgehammer8533]

I’ve gone to like 10-20 tourneys I think and I came here literally just to see what Neutral meant lol

[@SackMan039]

I've been looking for something like this forever. Bless❤

[@karimnewland8318]

Awesome video and I learned a lot! Definitely going to share! Thanks🙏✌️

[@willberezin9471]

All the dislikes were from uh ..... uh.... nooobody?

[@sleepyemily07]

HOLY CRAP what if the dislikes are just bots from youtube and they just do that to make your life more miserable?

[@OrangeToadGamer]

I clicked on the video because of Daisy

[@INFERNO95]

OrangeToadGamer 2005 Me too.

[@williampittman2432]

Thank you for this. Its good to learn all of these, and also good for my paranoia to know that I dont seem to be missing much.

[@_samtheman_5889]

Thanks! Im new to smash I started around 2 months ago, and this cleared up a lot.

[@GoMaDssb]

And with this, I've now watched all your videos! Thanks for a great channel, staying subbed of course for whenever you make new ones :) and anyone reading comments wondering if they should watch this, I found one or two things I didn't know and I've been playing smash bros games for a while myself.

[@EthanMickanen]

Thanks banana boy for the great terminology guide! I'm thinking about commentating some matches some day when ever me and my friends play

[@benmargraff5998]

Thank you for crediting Chocomiru! Amazing artist

[@flaurel]

I've never heard those shortened names for aerials before but I enjoyed hearing you say them xP

[@Sez___]

As someone who has casually followed the melee scene here and there and recently got smash ultimate and never understood any commentator even after watching the smash documentaries, this was very useful

[@chancetheunrapper144]

Really good video for beginners just getting into the game. Great job!

[@NijikasSticks]

Damn gotta send this to damn near everyone I know now that's just getting into smash. Thanks! Subbed.

[@SussyBaka_irl]

This guide taught me, a guy who plays this game competitively, some new info. Thanks BananaBoy👌

[@asatari3000]

Great compilation! Keep the videos comin'

[@ThatCho]

this was amazing and I got a lot of value out of this. Thanks a lot.

[@dorf7219]

I learned alot more than i expected from this, great vid

[@eyecee_]

Dude! Amazing! Keep it up and i have no doubts you greatly exceed.